Re: [Simmons Drums] recording of SDS9 internal demo sequence upload to new "recordings" directory
2003-05-08 by Jesper
Hi list! I just want you to keep your fingers crossed - I'm trying to fix the broken HH-card for my SDS-V tonight... electronically yours, jesper http://www.bolina.hsb.se/hsidor/jesper - -- --- ---- ----- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - Electronic Obsession Mailorder http://obsession.svart.nu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <cholloway@...> To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 7:24 PM Subject: [Simmons Drums] recording of SDS9 internal demo sequence upload to new "recordings" directory
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> Hello Group, > > I'm Chris, the guy that started this group with Scott two years ago, > back in early 2001. ( well actually Scott created the group after > many emails of us discussing our mutual love of Simmons drums and I > became the groups first "member" :-) I'm back after a long absence > and would like to begin contributing again. > > It's great to see 46 (!) members out there with the active dialogue > and mutual technical support that you are providing each other. > Prior to this the only internet resource for us Simmons lovers was > the message board at www.elecdrum.com ( and trust me, I looked high > and low :-) > > With our love of music and Simmons drums specifically it seem that we > should have recordings of our Simmons drums by our group members. To > that end I have created a new 'folder' in the Files section of this > group. I realize that we may come up against space considerations > with Yahoo but hopefully our industrious group administrator can cull > the older files as we go along. > > The first file I am uploading is not an individual recording of me on > my Simmons setup but rather a kool internal demo sequence that the > SDS9 has built in. These types of demos for use in the music stores > as a sales aid are so common in synthesizers and workstations today, > but were really unheard of in 1985 when the SDS9 was introduced! > Once again we have proof that Dave Simmons and his group were really > ahead of their time. > > So enjoy this kool demo. I made it direct to digital with no > outboard processing to capture the most accurate sound of the SDS9's > various factory presets. Dig that "digitally synthesised" bass drum > sound; sounds more like a finger-snap then any bass drum I've ever > heard. Buy you gotta love those toms; thinner and cleaner, lacking > the heft of the SDSV or SDS8, closer to the sound of the 200, 400 & > 800 series. > > So please, convert your recordings to small MP3 files and upload to > this new folder. It would be great to hear what other Simmons > aficionados are doing with these great old modules. In listening to > our fellow member's recordings we may hear possibilities in our own > equipment that we have not realized. > > Enjoy, > > -Chris Holloway > cholloway@... > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Simmons_Drums-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >